470 New Scientific Books. [June, 



fused silver ingots," p. 254, 1. 7 and 8, read " from tlie silver 

 ingots obtained by fusion." For " as if we employed more than 

 one (acid), and they were very volatile and easily decomposed," 

 p. 255, 1. 16 and 17 from bottom, read "as if more than one 

 acid were used, and that very volatile and easily decomposed.'* 

 For " worth 1800 piastres," p. 256, 1. 12, read " the sum of 1800 

 piastres." — Ed. 



Article XI. 

 NEW SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



PREPARING FOR PCBMCATION. 



The Hunterlan Oration, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons, 

 by Sir Anthony Carlisle, containing the Natural History of the Oyster, 

 and some of the principal points in its Anatomj^ 



A Letter to Mr. Thomas Brown, Surgeon, Musselburgh, containing 

 Remarks on his " Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, 

 concerning the present State of Vaccination." By Henry Edmond- 

 ston, MA. Surgeon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



A Treatise on the Nature and Cure of Rheumatism, with practical 

 Remarks on Neuralgia, or painful Affection of Nerves. By Charles 

 Scudamore, MD. 



iNIr. H. W. Dewhurst has in the Press a Dictionary of Anatomy and 

 Physiology ; also another work to be entitled, Synoptical Tables of the 

 Materia Medica. 



JUST rUBLISUED. 



The Second Volume of Dri Bostock's Elementary System of Physio- 

 logy. 8vo. \Gs. 



Travels in Chile and La Plata, including Accounts respecting the 

 Geograph)', Geology, Statistics, &c. and the Mining Operations in 

 Chile. By John Miers. 2 vols. Svo. with Maps and Plates. 



The Surgeon Dentist's Anatomical and Physiological Manual. By 

 G. Waite. ^ 5s. 6d. 



Practical Botany, an improved Arrangement of British Plants, with 

 a familiar Introduction to the Linnaean System. By W. Johns, MD. 

 FLS. &c. Post Svo. 9s. 



Gleanings of Chemistry, illustrating the Nature of Air, Water, Light, 

 Heat, .Src." Post Svo. 6s. 6d. 



Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and 

 Romans, in which Elephants and Wild Beasts were employed or slain, 

 and the remarkable local Agreement of History with the Remains of 

 such Animals found in Europe and Siberia. B3'^John Ranking, Resi- 

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 Map and Plates. 31. 3s. 



No. 8, of the Zoological Journal, with No. 2, of the Supplementary 

 Plates : conducted by Thomas Bell, Esq. FLS. ; J. G. Children, Esq. 

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